Israel’s largest military operation in decades targeting Palestinian militants

RESPONSE TO AN ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK. MATT BRADLEY HAS THE LATEST. >> Reporter: FOR PALESTINIAN MILITANTS, THIS WAS PAYBACK. THIS SECURITY VIDEO SHOWS A 20-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN RAMMING PEDESTRIANS WITH HIS CAR. HE THEN GETS OUT AND TRIES TO STAB SEVERAL PEOPLE BEFORE AN ARMED CIVILIAN SHOOTS HIM DEAD. THE PALESTINIAN MILITANT GROUP HAMAS CLAIMED AND PRAISED THIS RARE ATTACK IN TEL AVIV THAT INJURED NINE PEOPLE, CALLING IT AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO THE ATTACK ON THE WEST BANK CITY OF JENIN, WHERE ISRAEL HAS LAUNCHED ITS LARGEST MILITARY OPERATION IN THE WEST BANK IN TWO DECADES, KILLING AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE AND PUSHING THOUSANDS MORE TO FLEE. THE PALESTINIAN YOUTH ARE FIGHTING BACK WITH ROCKS, MOLOTOV COCKTAILS, AND SMALL ARMS. HE SAYS THE ISRAELIS ARE FIRING MISSILES, USING ARMORED CARS AND LIVE AMMUNITION, THROWING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE. DURING OUR INTERVIEW, ISRAELI FORCES UNEXPECTEDLY PUSHED TOWARD OUR POSITION TO CLEAR THE AREA. THESE ISRAELIS ARE COMING IN WITH THEIR ARMORED VEHICLES. IN FRONT OF THEM AN ARMORED BULLDOZER. AND THEY'RE EXCHANGING FIRE WITH PALESTINIAN YOUTH. >> Reporter: THE CITY NOW SHROUDED IN SMOKE FROM BURNING FIRES AND PLUMES OF TEAR GAS FIRED BY THE ISRAELIS. ISRAEL'S OPERATION HERE IS AIMED AT CLEARING ONE PART OF THE CITY, A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP FROM WHAT ISRAELI OFFICIALS HERE SAY IS A PERSISTENT MILITARY THREAT. BUT AS FAR AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS CONCERNED, THIS MASSIVE TWO-DAY RAID HAS BEEN A SUCCESS. "WE ARE COMPLETING THE MISSION," ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER SAID. BUT THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME ASSAULT. WE

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Length: 2min 1sec (121 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 05 2023